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En Garde, whole no. 8, December 1943
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page 5. ". . . . with jaundiced eye" FANDOMANIA: CARTOONS GOOD, AND PRODUCTIVE OF MANY LAUGHS. THERE OUGHT TO BE EITHER Cartoons good, and productive of many laughs. There ought to be either more of them or some articles and stuff to go along with them. One finishes with the mag too quick. WALT'S WRAMBLINGS: Your dream is easy to explain. You found yourself in NYC. That means you can really cover territory when you sleep. The urge to see Chauvenet obviously means you want to know how to play chess. Finding he lived on a tabacco plantation replete with auctioneers means you know you shouid give up those darn Tarrytons and smoke Luckies but are just too stubborn. The showing movies to kids in the Empire State Building shows you don't know a movie theater from a skyscraper, and the rocket changing into a bicycle means you need more exercise, while riding in through the window is very unusual. Finding Chauvenet gypping the kids behind a candy counter means you shouldn't judge other people by yourself. Your failure to convince him that he was a fan shows you are slow on the up-take---he just didn't want people to catch on that he knew you, and sailing out the window like superman is a nice trick if you can do it.***Book bits swell as usual.***Writeup on Detroit trip is one of the most anazing fantasies we've ever read. FAN DANGO: The Stf Heretic touches on one of our pet gripes. Why must fans insist on egotistically condemning all stf not to their personal taste to stinking oblivion? No one mag can fairly be termed trash. In general, one may find the stories of a certain mag conform closest to one's particular taste, but one has NO right of any sort to claim that taste as the only true yardstick. If one says, "As a rule I prefer the stories in Incredible Science Fiction" he is within his rights. If he goes further and gives reasons for his preference, he even exhibits signs of rudimentary intelligence. But if he says, "Unearthly Stories stinks, has stunk ever since Snoofle-Pop took it over, and doubtless will end its days smelling to high heaven"---then he merely labels himself a moron, and should be spending his time in an institution instead of pretending to read and understand stf.***Thanks for your swell response to the Slan Center idea. You have brought out some good points and we look to you for more. In the next En Garde we plan to deal with the Corporation setup as we have visualized it, and some of the benefits we think can be derived from the project. DREAMS OF YITH: A very praisworthy effort. While REW's drawings are not as carefully executed as one might wish, they show definite talent and, on the whole, are very effective. We expect great work from him in another year or two. By all means, make a series out of this. YHOS: Like the new format. Cover excellent as yours are developing a habit of being. Rather coincidental similarity between yours and that of En Garde.***Very much in favor of mimeoed Check-List. Don't know whether subsidizing from FAPA treasury is the answer not being sure how much would be needed. But what we would like to see is a complete mimeoed Check-List bound in one mag. We'd be glad to shell out of our own pocket toward that.***A mightier belch right back at Milty. We happen to be a painter ourself and know all about lead poisoning etc., and we have also used spray-guns. All that
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page 5. ". . . . with jaundiced eye" FANDOMANIA: CARTOONS GOOD, AND PRODUCTIVE OF MANY LAUGHS. THERE OUGHT TO BE EITHER Cartoons good, and productive of many laughs. There ought to be either more of them or some articles and stuff to go along with them. One finishes with the mag too quick. WALT'S WRAMBLINGS: Your dream is easy to explain. You found yourself in NYC. That means you can really cover territory when you sleep. The urge to see Chauvenet obviously means you want to know how to play chess. Finding he lived on a tabacco plantation replete with auctioneers means you know you shouid give up those darn Tarrytons and smoke Luckies but are just too stubborn. The showing movies to kids in the Empire State Building shows you don't know a movie theater from a skyscraper, and the rocket changing into a bicycle means you need more exercise, while riding in through the window is very unusual. Finding Chauvenet gypping the kids behind a candy counter means you shouldn't judge other people by yourself. Your failure to convince him that he was a fan shows you are slow on the up-take---he just didn't want people to catch on that he knew you, and sailing out the window like superman is a nice trick if you can do it.***Book bits swell as usual.***Writeup on Detroit trip is one of the most anazing fantasies we've ever read. FAN DANGO: The Stf Heretic touches on one of our pet gripes. Why must fans insist on egotistically condemning all stf not to their personal taste to stinking oblivion? No one mag can fairly be termed trash. In general, one may find the stories of a certain mag conform closest to one's particular taste, but one has NO right of any sort to claim that taste as the only true yardstick. If one says, "As a rule I prefer the stories in Incredible Science Fiction" he is within his rights. If he goes further and gives reasons for his preference, he even exhibits signs of rudimentary intelligence. But if he says, "Unearthly Stories stinks, has stunk ever since Snoofle-Pop took it over, and doubtless will end its days smelling to high heaven"---then he merely labels himself a moron, and should be spending his time in an institution instead of pretending to read and understand stf.***Thanks for your swell response to the Slan Center idea. You have brought out some good points and we look to you for more. In the next En Garde we plan to deal with the Corporation setup as we have visualized it, and some of the benefits we think can be derived from the project. DREAMS OF YITH: A very praisworthy effort. While REW's drawings are not as carefully executed as one might wish, they show definite talent and, on the whole, are very effective. We expect great work from him in another year or two. By all means, make a series out of this. YHOS: Like the new format. Cover excellent as yours are developing a habit of being. Rather coincidental similarity between yours and that of En Garde.***Very much in favor of mimeoed Check-List. Don't know whether subsidizing from FAPA treasury is the answer not being sure how much would be needed. But what we would like to see is a complete mimeoed Check-List bound in one mag. We'd be glad to shell out of our own pocket toward that.***A mightier belch right back at Milty. We happen to be a painter ourself and know all about lead poisoning etc., and we have also used spray-guns. All that
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